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Gerry Janeski

Gerald Joseph Janeski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 18, 1946 in Pasadena, CA
High School: LaSalle HS (Pasadena, CA)
School: California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1970
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Senators/Rangers 1970-1972

Final Game: May 28, 1972
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1965	19	BOS-min	A	8	4	.667	2.56	16	15					109.0	94	46	31	7	25								1.092	7.8	0.6	2.1			WLO · MIDW
1966	20	BOS-min	A,AA	7	12	.368	3.52	22	20					151.0	124	75	59	12	54		12						1.179	7.4	0.7	3.2	0.7	0.22	WLO,PFD · MIDW,EL
1967	21	BOS-min	A	6	8	.429	2.95	23	20					131.0	121	56	43	12	45		90						1.267	8.3	0.8	3.1	6.2	2.00	WSM · CARL
1968	22	BOS-min	AA,AAA	7	4	.636	2.52	32	9		0	0		93.0	79	33	26	3	18	0	44	0	0	4			1.043	7.6	0.3	1.7	4.3	2.44	PFD,LOU · EL,IL
1969	23	BOS-min	AAA	15	10	.600	3.73	28	28		14	3	0	186.0	218	86	77	9	35	5	77	3	1	7			1.360	10.5	0.4	1.7	3.7	2.20	LOU · IL
1970	24	CHW	AL	10	17	.370	4.77	35	35	0	4	1	0	205.2	247	125	109	22	63	10	79	5	0	5	907	80	1.507	10.8	1.0	2.8	3.5	1.25
1971	25	TEX-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.09	13	12		5	1	0	77.0	97	41	35	5	7	0	19	0	0	2			1.351	11.3	0.6	0.8	2.2	2.71	DEN · AA
1971	25	WSA	AL	1	5	.167	4.96	23	10	4	0	0	1	61.2	72	38	34	5	34	4	19	3	0	1	281	67	1.719	10.5	0.7	5.0	2.8	0.56
1972	26	TEX-min	AAA	11	10	.524	4.79	29	23		7	0	2	156.0	178	96	83	18	30	1	62	3	0	3			1.333	10.3	1.0	1.7	3.6	2.07	DEN · AA
1972	26	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	2.84	4	1	0	0	0	0	12.2	11	5	4	0	7	0	7	0	0	1	58	110	1.421	7.8	0.0	5.0	5.0	1.00
1973	27	TEX-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.26	50	1		0	0	16	114.0	129	62	54	8	46	5	38	3	0	3			1.535	10.2	0.6	3.6	3.0	0.83	SPO · PCL
1974	28	SDP-TEX-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.74	41	0		0	0	5	93.0	125	61	49	11	21	5	40	3	0	3			1.570	12.1	1.1	2.0	3.9	1.90	HAW,SPO · PCL
3 Yrs				11	23	.324	4.73	62	46	4	4	1	1	280.0	330	168	147	27	104	14	105	8	0	7	1246	78	1.550	10.6	0.9	3.3	3.4	1.01
162 Game Avg.				7	14	.324	4.73	39	29	3	3	1	1	176	208	106	93	17	65	9	66	5	0	4	785	78	1.550	10.6	0.9	3.3	3.4	1.01

TEX (2 yrs)				1	6	.143	4.60	27	11	4	0	0	1	74.1	83	43	38	5	41	4	26	3	0	2	339	71	1.668	10.0	0.6	5.0	3.1	0.63
CHW (1 yr)				10	17	.370	4.77	35	35	0	4	1	0	205.2	247	125	109	22	63	10	79	5	0	5	907	80	1.507	10.8	1.0	2.8	3.5	1.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1970	24	CHW	AL	205.2	35	35	125	5.47	4.16	-0.46	0.07	101.5	4.76	-15	-1.5		-0.1	0.1	5	.456	.490	$
1971	25	WSA	AL	61.2	23	10	38	5.55	4.15	-0.20	0.00	95.9	4.17	-9	-1.0	1.6	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.455	.494	$18,000
1972	26	TEX	AL	12.2	4	1	5	3.55	3.45	-0.19	-0.04	101.3	3.64	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.1	1	.507	.500	$15,000
3 Seasons				280.0	62	46	168	5.40	4.13	-0.39	0.05	100.2	4.58	-24	-2.6	1.4	-0.2	-0.4	2	.459	.495	$33,000

TEX (2 yrs)				74.1	27	11	43	5.21	4.03	-0.19	-0.00	96.8	4.08	-9	-1.0	1.4	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.463	.497	$33,000
CHW (1 yr)				205.2	35	35	125	5.47	4.16	-0.46	0.07	101.5	4.76	-15	-1.5		-0.1	0.1	5	.456	.490	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1970	24	CHW	AL	35	907	824	125	247	33	4	22	13	3	63	79	.300	.351	.430	.781	.309	354	26	5	10	5	10	13
1971	25	WSA	AL	23	281	237	38	72	14	2	5	7	1	34	19	.304	.395	.443	.838	.312	105	9	3	5	2	4	4
1972	26	TEX	AL	4	58	48	5	11	2	0	0	1	1	7	7	.229	.321	.271	.592	.262	13	0	0	2	1	0	1
3 Yrs				62	1246	1109	168	330	49	6	27	21	5	104	105	.298	.360	.426	.785	.308	472	35	8	17	8	14	18
162 Game Avg.				39	785	698	106	208	31	4	17	13	3	65	66	.298	.360	.426	.785	.308	297	22	5	11	5	9	11
MLB Averages																.249	.318	.368	.686	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1970	24	CHW	AL	-22.8	-2.3	933	-2.5	14.5	-17.0	.96	-3.0	0.4	-27.8	-2.7	0.96	-31.5	0	0	0
1971	25	WSA	AL	-11.8	-1.2	291	-1.6	4.7	-6.3	1.09	-1.2	-0.2	-10.1	-1.1	1.09	-12.0	5	2	6
1972	26	TEX	AL	0.2	0.0	59	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.60	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.60	-0.7	1	0	2
3 Yrs				-34.4	-3.5	1283	-4.0	19.8	-23.8	.98	-4.2	0.1	-37.5	-3.8	0.97	-44.2	6	2	8

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1970	24	CHW	AL	35	35	10	17	8	0	5	13	22	.371	2	5	4	1	20	57%	44.7	82	6	24	8	12	8	4.6	4.3	5.9
1971	25	WSA	AL	23	10	0	5	5	0	1	3	7	.300	1	3	0	0	3	30%	41.6	58	27	16	8	5	3	2.8	1.8	4.6
1972	26	TEX	AL	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	53.0	53	53	2	0	1	0	1.0	1.5	6.7
3 Yrs				62	46	10	23	13	0	7	16	30	.348	3	8	4	1	24	52%	44	82	6	42	16	18	11	4.1	3.8	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						57%	54	109	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	25	WSA	AL	23	13	4	1	2	1	1	50%	3	1	16	4	25%	7	1.087	5	2	6	3	1	9	9	4	6	5	6	1	3.5
1972	26	TEX	AL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	5	.601	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	2	3	0	3	0	6.0
2 Yrs				27	16	4	1	2	1	1	50%	3	1	19	5	26%		1.004	6	2	8	3	1	12	10	6	9	5	9	1	4.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	24	CHW	AL	907	52%	2.4%	8.7%	7.0%	6.5%	24%	1.54	80%	209	26	12%
1971	25	WSA	AL	281	64%	1.8%	6.8%	12.1%	7.5%	29%	2.02	77%	52	9	17%
1972	26	TEX	AL	58	74%	0.0%	12.1%	12.1%	3.5%	18%	1.58	72%	15	0	0%
3 Yrs				1246	56%	2.2%	8.4%	8.4%	6.6%	25%	1.63	79%	276	35	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.8%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.11	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1970	24	CHW	AL	907	247			22	0	16	6	16	13	9	56	30	5	54%	13	5	3	371	13	3	81%	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1971	25	WSA	AL	281	72			5	0	10	4	1	4	1	24	9	2	38%	4	1	1	105	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
1972	26	TEX	AL	58	11			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	75%	1	1	0	29	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				1246	330			27	0	30	10	17	17	10	84	42	8	50%	18	7	4	505	21	5	81%	19	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	23	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1970	24	10	17	.370	4.77	35	35	0	4	1	0	205.2	247	125	109	22	63	10	79	5	5	907	80	1.507	10.8	1.0	2.8	3.5	1.25	80
1971	25	11	22	.333	4.81	58	45	4	4	1	1	267.1	319	163	143	27	97	14	98	8	6	1188	77	1.556	10.7	0.9	3.3	3.3	1.01	77
1972	26	11	23	.324	4.73	62	46	4	4	1	1	280.0	330	168	147	27	104	14	105	8	7	1246	78	1.550	10.6	0.9	3.3	3.4	1.01	78

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1970	24	8	13	.381	5.26	195.0	252	127	114	22	64	75	5	1.621	11.6	3.0	3.5	1.17	1.0	35
1971	25	2	4	.333	6.71	55.0	79	46	41	5	37	17	3	2.109	12.9	6.1	2.8	0.46	0.8	23
1972	26	0	1	.000	4.15	13.0	14	7	6	0	9	7	0	1.769	9.7	6.2	4.8	0.78	0.0	4
3 Yrs		10	18	.357	5.51	263.0	345	180	161	27	110	99	8	1.730	11.8		3.4	0.90	0.9	62

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits s c a p y 1970 AL 247 (9th)	Losses s c a p y 1970 AL 17 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1970 AL 109 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1970 AL 247 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1970 AL 17 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1970 AL 109 (6th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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